Flensburg Fiasco

Series

Series Name

Pathe Gazette

Issue

Issue No.

45/44

Date Released

31 May 1945

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Rangoon
2. 2An End to Murder
3. 3Flensburg Fiasco

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 3

Summary

Members of the Doenitz puppet Government leaving house in Flensburg. They are, Admiral Wagner, Dr Speer, Grand-Admiral von Friedeburg who signed the German surrender at Luneberg Heath swallowed cyanide and died within a minute after being arrested by the British.

Keywords

Politics and government; Military

Locations

Germany; Flensburg

Length of story (in feet)

224

Story extras:

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